WIP - The Last of the Place Cards

Now, with a bit of luck, this shall be the last of the Wedding Place Cards that I have to make for some time! I made 105 of these, and now have just completed 101 of the ones below. The Place Cards will complement the Wedding Invitations and the Evening Invitations and are for the August Wedding.



And even though I bought 91 metres of the 16mm brown satin ribbon from Ribbon Oasis, I ran out! So have just bought some more - fantastic service and a lovely pouch of freebie ribbon too - thank you Ribbon Oasis!


So, what is left to do for the July Wedding? I need to complete the four Bridesmaid Thank You cards (virtually completed) and then make 100 Order of Service and then the Table Plan. Should keep me out of mischief for a while eh?!

WIP - Place Cards

I've not been able to keep up with all the challenges this week! I've had a number of orders and managed to get them completed, I'm part way through making the swop stuff for my partner in the Silkie Sue Swop , I'm trying to attempt to get suitcases packed as we go on holiday on 16 May for a week, trying to remember to help Samuel with his school homework each night. And to top it all I think I'm coming down with a really bad cold as I ache all over, sore throat and feel rough.... And I'll need to do some housework between now and going away as we look like we've been burgled!


Anyway, I've now completed 105 of these place cards and Hayley will be picking them up tonight. I've never tied so much ribbon in my life!

These go with the invites I blogged a while ago and the chocolate brown satin ribbon picks up part of the colour theme of the Wedding.

But this is not the last of making Place Cards - I have another 100 to make, very similar to these for Donna when I come back off holiday!

Fortunately, these didn't take too long to make - I did them in batches so the tediousness of it all wouldn't become too overwhelming. If I remember, I'll take some photos of them insitu at the Wedding. If I don't its either because I've forgotten or drunk too much.....

Actually, the blog title is a lie isn't it as I've now completed them!

Cuppa Tea?!

I made these tags quite easily! I'd borrowed the cup stamps from Lynsey (Hero Arts) which I really liked and wanted to use them on something but thought that they may be a bit lost on a card as they are quite small.

I've used Chestnut Whispers ink to stamp them, inked the edges of the card and also chalked them too.
The ribbon is the lovely chocolate brown satin stuff that I bought a huge amount of but I just could not get it to look right or flat enough tied through the top of the tag, so this is what I ended up with - a sort of loose tie-ish look! The buttons were from a lovely bargain pack from B & M Bargains a while ago and the craft wire is from my stash and I've haphazardly curled it. Only haphazardly as I used scissors and couldn't get it the same twice!

And you'll never guess where the backing paper came from! Huge Funky Love download - these are off-cuts from a previous project!

• Backing paper: Huge Funky Love download
• Dies: Sizzix Scalloped Tags - middle sized used
• Stamped images: Hero Arts (stamps kindly loaned by Lynsey - thanks!)
• Ribbon: Ribbon Oasis
• Buttons: From my stash but originally B & M Bargains
• Craft wire: From my stash
  
  

Evening Invitation - Baby Pink and Chocolate Brown

And here are the Evening Wedding Invitations I have recently completed - they complement these which were no where as near complicated or time consuming! And my thumb survived this time!


Cardstock is lightly hammered ivory card A6 size with a strip of the baby pink rose vellum across the middle, then the chocolate brown satin ribbon with the diamante heart slider. The insides have been printed onto ivory paper. All the same stockists as before but the hammered ivory card is from A4Card.

I am now currently working on samples for the place cards - so watch this space for those!

Slurrruuup!! Guess What I Have?!

OMG! Could it be that I am now the very proud owner of some BASIC GREY papers?! And yes, it had to be in capitals!! How I have managed to resist all this time is beyond me, but I think it was Jozza's offer to let me have some of her papers in a stash swop that finally did it for me. And I know what you are thinking - I did not have to plead with her, she freely gave them to me! How very fab is that?!

Anyway, so, I had a little look on the Basic Grey Challenge blog to see if I could have a go. I could, and I have!

This week, the challenge is:

.... a colour combo, we would like you to pick one of the following colour combos for your creations (Skin and white card colours are allowed too),

Pink and Green

Pink and Brown

Blue and Brown

I went for Pink and Brown. The papers are 6 x 6 Sultry which I have trimmed ever so little off the sides (how can I waste such lush papers?!) and if you look closely, I have reused them under the ribbon flower. However, I forgot to ink them so they are not that easy to see. Edges of the cardstock and backing paper have been inked in bright pink and then Chestnut Whispers.

The flower is made from scraps of chocolate satin ribbon and the centre is another of the buttons I bought from Helen recently. And that's it! Very simple.

I am actually quite mad as I've brought the bunch of papers to work with me every day and sat and looked at them from time to time. Well, its better than picking my nose or trumping....

• Backing papers: Basic Grey - Sultry 6 x 6 (very generously donated by Jozza)
• Ribbon: From my stash (Ribbon Oasis)
• Button: From Helen
  

Big thanks to Jozza'll-Fix-It for the opportunity!

Penny Black Sketch Challenge # 36

The Penny Black challenge this week is a sketch:

Which I have flipped to create this:

Apologies again for the weird shadows - halogen lights in the kitchen... The image was sent to me by Kath in a recent Funky Hand team image swop which I have coloured with watercolour pencils (and I don't think a particularly good attempt either - there is something that I'm not happy about, but don't know what..) All the papers are off-cuts from word books made with Huge Funky Love download - the taupe coloured backing paper is actually vellum whilst the rest are printed onto thick white card.

All edges have been inked with Chestnut Whispers. The card candy is from Craftwork Cards and the ribbon is from the never ending spool that I bought from Ribbon Oasis. I deliberately left a longer tie on the ribbon towards the bottom of the card, so it gives a sense of gravity. Hehehhe! You know what I mean though, don't you?!

• Backing papers: Huge Funky Love download
• Image: In a swop from Kath
• Card Candy: Craftwork Cards
• Ribbon: Ribbon Oasis
  
  

Errrm, It's A Big One!

The Tag - You're It Challenge this week is a sketch:

And I ended up making a rather large tag! I'd already cut the tiny scallop tags for another project but didn't end up using them, so not wanting to waste them, I decided that the tag would just have to work around them! All the papers and vellum have been printed with the 6 papers from Huge Funky Love, which I really do like the colour combo (plus gives me the excuse to use some more of the luscious brown satin ribbon!)

All edges have been inked with bright pink ink and then again with Chestnut Whispers. The brads are from my stash and the sentiment is one of the block type with 4 different fonts of the same sentiment on, and I've used Chestnut Whispers again.

The flowers on the little tags have been cut with the Cuttlebug Flowers die and layered. The centres are card candy from Craftwork Cards (you get an awful lot for a quid!)

• Backing paper: Huge Funky Love
• Dies: Sizzix Scallop tag combo (smallest used) and Cuttlebug Flowers
• Brads: From my stash
• Ribbon: Ribbon Oasis
  

Chocolate Brown & Baby Pink Wedding Invitations

As promised! Here are the Wedding Invitations I have spent the majority of the last 2 weeks making with the most activity taking part over the weekend!

The chocolate brown double sided pearlescent card is really luscious but hard work when trying to mark out the folding and scoring lines as its difficult to see the pencil marks in artificial light! The baby pink background roses vellum has been layered onto white paper otherwise the pattern got very lost! I bought the vellum from a2bcrafts who were so helpful and very quick in sending the order out - so thank you Anne and Linda!

And the heart buckles / sliders I bought from ebay. The ribbon, which I just had to buy a full spool of (I think 93 meters!!) is from Ribbon Oasis.

I printed all the wording myself as the Bride and Groom wanted the guest names including rather than handwriting them.

So, 42 of these made - just have to make the 50ish Evening Invitations now, which are much less complicated - will show those at a later date!

And you do need to feel sorry for me as I have been industrially injured in the process of making the above Invitations - my thumb nail is agony from peeling back all the double sided tape that I used!

Pink & Chocolate Cupcakes!

Sorry to disillusion you, but this is totally calorie free and will taste remarkably like card! This is a new challenge for me which I spied on Carol's blog (thank you!) and I had to make this in double quick time to meet the deadline.

The challenge blog is Cupcake Craft Challenges, and this week the challenge was to be inspired by the background colours on the blog.

The beautiful chocolate brown ribbon is just a small part of the almost 91 metres I have just bought from Ribbon Oasis (yes, I really do need that much as I'm making Wedding Invites in these colours too!) The stamp is a new one I've just bought from Katie & Co and I've used watercolour pencils to colour it in with a daub of glitter on the heart cherry as the card, on the whole, is very lacking in bling!

Martha Stewart punch used also and I've dotted the edge of the small square with a white gel pen. Brads from my stash.

• Backing card: Big a2 sized sheets from The Range (the pink one is pearlescent)
• Stamp: Katie & Co coloured with watercolour pencils
• Punch: Martha Stewart
• Ribbon: From Ribbon Oasis